check-pr-comments

Check PR Comments Workflow

When asked to check/triage/verify existing PR review comments, follow this workflow.

1. Fetch All Comments

ALWAYS fetch fresh comments from GitHub on every invocation. Never assume you already have them or that there are no new ones -- comments may have just appeared.

Use GitHub MCP tools to fetch all comment types:

• Review threads (inline comments with resolution status): pull_request_read with method: "get_review_comments" — returns threads with isResolved, isOutdated, isCollapsed metadata and grouped comments.
• Review summaries: pull_request_read with method: "get_reviews" — returns review state, body, and author.
• PR-level comments (non-diff): pull_request_read with method: "get_comments" — returns general PR discussion.

Paginate with perPage and page (for get_reviews/get_comments) or perPage and after cursor (for get_review_comments) to fetch all results.

If GitHub MCP is unavailable, see gh-cli-fallback.md for gh CLI equivalents.

2. Checkout and Pull the PR Branch

gh pr checkout <number>
git pull

3. Verify Each Comment Against Current Code

When verifying resolution, apply coding-best-practices Cross-Cutting Rules to the changed code. For every inline comment, read the file at the referenced location and verify whether the identified issue is actually fixed -- not just whether the code changed. Specifically:

• Verify state before resolving — broad instructions are not authorization. Before classifying any thread as resolved, verify the actual code state at the referenced location matches the reviewer's request. Do NOT mark a thread resolved based on the user's blanket instruction ("just resolve everything") or on a follow-up commit message that claims to fix it. If a thread cannot be verified resolved against current code, classify it as Unresolved with an explicit "needs verification" recommendation. Surface the mismatch — never silently resolve. (Specific application of coding-best-practices Cross-Cutting Rules — "Verify facts before acting on broad instructions".)
• Read the current code at the location the comment references
• Understand what the comment is asking for
• Determine if the current code satisfies the request (semantically, not just syntactically)
• For comments with multiple sub-items, verify each one independently
• A comment is only "resolved" if all of its sub-items are addressed
• Verify the fix achieves the intended end-user or developer experience, not just technical correctness
• Call-tree walk on touched functions: if the comment references a function whose body or signature was modified in the resolution commits (git diff $RESOLUTION_BASE...HEAD -- <file>), run the deep transitive in-repo caller walk per ../grumpy-review/references/call-tree-walk.md on that function before declaring the thread resolved. A caller that still depends on the old contract turns a "fixed" thread into Unresolved with a CALL-tagged follow-up.

Classify each comment's author:

• Bot: username ends with [bot] (e.g. dependabot[bot]) or the GitHub API returns type: "Bot" for the author
• Human: all other authors

4. Present Summary

Present a concise summary directly to the user:

• Total comments checked, how many resolved vs unresolved
• For each comment, include Claude's assessment:
  • Resolved: confirm the fix is adequate, or flag remaining concerns if the resolution is technically present but semantically incomplete. State whether you agree the original comment was valid.
  • Unresolved: state your recommendation (priority and suggested approach). If you disagree with the reviewer's concern, say so with a brief reason.
• Lead with unresolved comments, then resolved
• Include the author type (bot/human) and the planned action (auto-resolve, reply, etc.) for each comment

This is the default end of the workflow. Steps 5-7 (structured report) are only produced when the user explicitly requests it (e.g. "generate report", "produce report", "with report"). Step 8 (resolve threads) applies to both flows.

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Optional: Structured Report (on request only)

5. Build Structured Report JSON

Produce a report.json file following the unified report schema (../../schemas/review-report.schema.json v3.1.0; 3.0.0 still accepted).

Report structure

{
  "schema_version": "3.1.0",
  "metadata": {
    "project": "<owner>/<repo>",
    "date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
    "branch": "<pr-branch>",
    "commit": "<full 40-char SHA from `git rev-parse @{u}` (fall back to `git rev-parse HEAD` when the branch has no upstream)>",
    "scope": "PR #<number> comment verification",
    "reviewers": ["<unique reviewer usernames>"],
    "report_type": "comment_check",
    "pr_number": <number>
  },
  "executive_summary": {
    "overall_assessment": "X of Y review comments resolved",
    "verdict_action": "N comments require attention"
  },
  "summary_statistics": {
    "total_findings": <total>,
    "severity_counts": { "CRITICAL": 0, "HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 0, "LOW": 0, "INFO": 0 },
    "verdict_counts": { "RESOLVED": <n>, "UNRESOLVED": <n> }
  },
  "findings": [
    {
      "title": "PR Comment Verification",
      "category": "pr_comments",
      "findings": [ ... ]
    }
  ]
}

metadata.commit must be the full 40-character SHA when present (omit for non-git directories). metadata.repository is coordinator-derived — do NOT emit it from this skill.

Finding format

Each review comment becomes one finding:

{
  "id": "CMT-001",
  "risk": 0.1,
  "impact": 0.1,
  "scope": 1.0,
  "title": "Add fee-headroom guard to transfer_with_change_address",
  "location": "path/to/file.rs:42-56",
  "location_permalink": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/blob/<commit>/path/to/file.rs#L42-L56",
  "description": "What the comment asked for (multi-line OK)",
  "recommendation": "What was done (RESOLVED) or what to do (UNRESOLVED)",
  "reviewer": "github-username",
  "author_type": "bot | human",
  "comment_id": 12345678,
  "comment_url": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/pull/<number>/files#r<commentId>",
  "thread_id": "GraphQL-node-ID-for-thread-resolution",
  "verdict": "RESOLVED or UNRESOLVED"
}

title — rules

The title is the column users see at a glance in the rendered report. The reviewer field is shown separately, so the title must carry only the substance.

1. ≤ 80 characters. Hard cap. Do NOT emit a … / ... truncation marker — write a title that fits.
2. No reviewer prefix. Never start with <username>: — the renderer already shows the reviewer next to the title.
3. No verbatim copy of the comment's first line. Strip Markdown markers (**, leading >), emoji, and severity labels (Suggestion:, Issue:, Nit:, Question:) that came from the comment body. The title summarises, not quotes.
4. Phrase as an imperative or noun phrase describing the change requested, not a quote of the reviewer's wording.

Good (what the comment asks for):

• Add fee-headroom guard to transfer_with_change_address
• Rename transfer_inner to transfer
• Type FeeStrategyResolveError variants
• Clarify which dispatcher the error message refers to

Bad (quotes / markup / prefix / truncation):

• thepastaclaw: **🟡 Suggestion: \transfer_with_change_address` skips the `Re...`
• lklimek: Looks like we can rename transfer_inner back to transfer and...
• > Explain when to use transfer() and when to use transfer_with...

location_permalink — rules

Producers MUST emit location_permalink whenever metadata.project, metadata.commit, and a line-addressable location (path:line or path:start-end) are all present. This is the field the renderer turns into a clickable link; standalone reports never see the coordinator's derive pass, so the producer is the only place that always knows the commit. Path-only locations (no :line) MUST NOT carry a location_permalink — the coordinator's _build_permalink rejects them too, so emitting one would break producer/coordinator parity.

URL template:

https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/blob/{commit}/{path}{anchor}

• {owner}/{repo}: split metadata.project on / (it's already in <owner>/<repo> form).
• {commit}: full 40-char SHA from metadata.commit (derived from git rev-parse @{u} with a git rev-parse HEAD fallback — use the pushed commit so permalinks resolve on GitHub; fall back to local HEAD only when the branch has no upstream).
• {path}: the file path from location — split off the trailing :line or :start-end suffix; the remainder is the path. (This matches the coordinator's parse_location regex, which anchors at end of string. Splitting at the first : would break paths that contain :.) URL-encode spaces, #, ?, and any non-ASCII characters.
• {anchor}:
  • #L{line} when location ends in :{line} (single line)
  • #L{start}-L{end} when location ends in :{start}-{end} (range)

Examples:

• location: "src/auth.rs:42", project octo/widgets, commit 0123…ef → https://github.com/octo/widgets/blob/0123…ef/src/auth.rs#L42
• location: "packages/wallet/src/transfer.rs:414-420" → …/blob/<sha>/packages/wallet/src/transfer.rs#L414-L420

Omit location_permalink (do NOT emit an empty string) when commit or project is missing, when location lacks a :line or :start-end suffix, or when the line suffix isn't a valid integer (or a valid integer-integer range).

• Resolved comments: risk = impact = 0.1, scope = 0.0 (the comment is satisfied — no remaining work in scope), verdict: "RESOLVED". recommendation describes what was done. The coordinator will derive severity = 1 (INFO) from those floats.
• Unresolved comments: assess risk, impact, AND scope per the OWASP recipes in claudius:severity. Rate scope as the comment's real blast radius (a single call-site / narrow path ≈ 0.2; a subsystem ≈ 0.5; repo-wide ≈ 1.0) — do NOT default to 1.0. The coordinator derives the integer severity band; never hand-type a label. Set verdict: "UNRESOLVED" and let recommendation describe what still needs doing.
• thread_id: from pull_request_read get_review_comments response (or gh-list-review-threads.sh fallback). Needed for thread resolution in step 8.

Do NOT emit (coordinator/validator-owned): overall_severity, metadata.repository, ai_assessment, ai_verdict, ai_verdict_confidence, and the derived integer severity when emitting floats (the coordinator overrides). risk/impact/scope are required on every comment — without all three the coordinator cannot derive overall_severity and the schema rejects the finding. The validate-findings skill is the only documented path to populate floats post-hoc.

Optional: code_snippets — when the comment quotes specific source you verified, you may attach it as [{language, caption, content}]; never invent one.

Numbering

Assign sequential IDs: CMT-001, CMT-002, etc. Order: unresolved first (by severity descending), then resolved.

6. Validate Report

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/validate_report.py report.json

If validation fails, fix the JSON and re-validate. Do NOT proceed with invalid data.

7. Render and Present

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/generate_review_report.py report.json --format md

Present the rendered markdown report to the user. Optionally generate HTML (--format html) for richer display.

The user can also invoke triage-findings report.json for interactive browser-based triage of unresolved comments.

CI Log Retrieval

See git-and-github skill § Context Management for the subagent delegation pattern. CI logs via get_job_logs are a prime example — always delegate to a subagent that fetches the log and extracts relevant failure information.

8. Resolve and Reply to Threads

Apply the following matrix without asking for confirmation, except where noted:

Author	Status	Action
Bot	Fixed	Auto-resolve the thread (no confirmation needed)
Bot	Not fixed	Post a reply explaining what remains. Do NOT resolve.
Human	Fixed	Post a reply explaining what was done. Do NOT resolve.
Human	Not fixed	Post a reply explaining what remains. Do NOT resolve.

NEVER auto-resolve human-created threads unless the user gives explicit per-invocation permission (e.g. "resolve all fixed threads" or "resolve human threads too"). Even when fully fixed, the human reviewer should resolve their own threads.

Posting replies:

• Inline review thread replies: mcp__plugin_claudius_github__add_reply_to_pull_request_comment (use comment_id from the thread's first comment)
• PR-level comment replies: mcp__plugin_claudius_github__add_issue_comment
• Keep replies concise: what was done, what remains, reference to relevant commit if applicable

Resolving bot threads (fixed only) using the wrapper script (see git-and-github safety rule #10 for sandbox requirements):

# GraphQL node IDs (PRRT_*) — pass directly:
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/gh-resolve-review-threads.sh <PRRT_id> [PRRT_id ...]

# REST IDs from pull_request_read (discussion_r* or numeric databaseId) — use enhanced mode:
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../scripts/gh-resolve-review-threads.sh <owner/repo> <pr_number> --id discussion_r123 --id 456 [...]

Thread resolution has no MCP equivalent — the wrapper script uses a GraphQL mutation directly. The --id form auto-converts discussion_r* / numeric IDs to thread node IDs; mix freely with PRRT_* IDs in one invocation. Never resolve threads that are only partially addressed.